Back to School Monetization A/B Testing
Brainly — Product Manager
Back to School season is Brainly’s peak revenue window in the US, critical for annual subscription targets and user growth milestones.
User acquisition during Back to School surges dramatically, but converting free users to subscribers was historically inconsistent.
There was an urgent opportunity to optimize packaging, pricing, and promotion strategies to maximize conversion rates and reduce churn during this short, high-impact season.
- Designed and executed A/B tests on subscription pricing tiers, feature packaging, and promotional messaging tailored for the US student and parent demographic.
- Coordinated cross-platform rollout across Android, iOS, and Desktop, aligning marketing, engineering, and analytics teams.
- Leveraged behavioral segmentation to personalize onboarding offers and pricing experiments based on acquisition channels.
- Conducted rapid-cycle testing and iterative hypothesis refinement based on real-time Amplitude data analysis.
- Synthesized results into strategic recommendations for permanent pricing model adjustments.
- Achieved a significant uplift in subscription conversion rates during Back to School window.
- Reduced onboarding drop-off by optimizing offer timing and channel targeting.
- Improved LTV of new users acquired during the Back to School campaign versus previous years.
Digital Transformation of Educational Product Portfolio
Instituto Europeo De Salud Y Bienestar Social — Product Owner
Instituto Europeo’s educational programs were originally delivered through static PDFs with minimal interaction, making them outdated and uncompetitive in the growing online education market.
The organization’s reliance on PDF-based courses severely limited student engagement, learning outcomes, and program scalability.
The opportunity was to modernize the entire program offering into dynamic, interactive, LMS-driven online experiences, dramatically improving student satisfaction and positioning the institution competitively in the digital education market.
- Led the full transformation of educational products from static PDF materials to interactive, dynamic online programs.
- Designed and launched a proprietary LMS platform customized for streaming classes, professor-led student support, interactive activities, and assessments.
- Defined and implemented structured workflows for course creation, professor training, and student onboarding within the new LMS environment.
- Managed cross-functional teams (engineering, education, communications, marketing) to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
- Built feedback loops to continuously gather student input and iterate course structures for improved engagement and completion rates.
- Integrated marketing strategies to reposition Instituto Europeo as a modern, high-quality online education provider.
- Successfully launched a new LMS platform supporting multiple Masters, Expert Degrees, and specialized courses.
- Increased student engagement and course completion rates significantly compared to the legacy PDF-based model.
- Expanded enrollment numbers through improved digital marketing aligned with the new interactive product offering.
- Strengthened student satisfaction scores and program reputation in partner university evaluations.
- Established a scalable and repeatable model for future program launches and updates.
Pricing Strategy for Service Packaging
Centro de Psicología Sandra Ribeiro — Marketing Strategist
The clinic needed a pricing structure that balanced accessibility for patients with financial sustainability for the business.
Competitive clinics offered inconsistent pricing, often leading to patient mistrust or operational inefficiencies.
There was an opportunity to design transparent, value-driven service packages that improved both patient acquisition and long-term retention.
- Conducted local market research to benchmark therapy service pricing and packaging models.
- Developed tiered service packages tailored to different therapy needs (individual, couples, supervisions, evaluations).
- Implemented transparent pricing models across all clinic communication channels (website, landing pages, internal scripts).
- Monitored sales performance of each package to validate and refine pricing models post-launch.
- Increased patient enrollment rates by offering clear, upfront service packages with strong perceived value.
- Improved operational forecasting and cash flow predictability through standardized pricing structures.
- Enhanced patient trust and reduced friction during the initial onboarding process.
Exploration of a Dynamic Metering System for Monetization Optimization
Brainly — Product Manager
As Brainly looked to evolve its freemium model, static access limits (e.g., fixed paywalls after X answers) created blunt user experiences and left revenue on the table.
There was a need to explore more nuanced, behavior-based metering to balance engagement and monetization.
The existing access model treated all users the same, regardless of behavior or intent — either offering too much for free or pushing away high-value users too early.
The opportunity was to design a dynamic metering system that adjusted content access thresholds based on user behavior, predicted conversion potential, and platform value delivery — increasing monetization without harming engagement.
- Conducted exploratory research on metering strategies used by subscription-based content platforms (media, edtech, productivity).
- Designed a scoring algorithm using behavioral inputs (session depth, feature usage, engagement history) to dynamically assign access thresholds.
- Proposed content gating flows (e.g., adwall, soft paywall, reward-unlock gates) tailored to user clusters.
- Used principal component analysis (PCA) and engagement signals to simulate user segmentation for prototype testing.
- Outlined experimental design for phased A/B testing, including fallback conditions and sensitivity analysis for impact on churn, engagement, and LTV.
- Delivered a full spec doc including architecture, scoring logic, threshold calibration strategy, and success metrics.
- Provided a technically and behaviorally grounded framework for adaptive monetization experimentation.
- Shifted internal thinking away from fixed thresholds toward intent-driven gating models.
- Enabled future pilots of metering strategies aligned with personalization and AI scoring tools.
- Positioned Brainly to scale monetization intelligently without compromising trust or learning outcomes.